ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday approved Rs5.1 billion worth of projects to provide high-speed mobile broadband services across the country. The decision was made during the 74th board of directors meeting of Universal Service Fund (USF) presided over by Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui. The board approved award of contracts to
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A. M. Khan Grappling with internet inevitability in Chitral during the Covid-19 pandemic was uncommon, particularly among young people enrolled in higher educational institutions of Pakistan. The state of internet service and coverage in Lower Chitral was, however, quite better than in Upper Chitral but the only constraint was its limited coverage. Once upon a
CHITRAL: Hundreds of lady health workers (LHWs) from across Chitral on Monday held a protest demonstration, demanding pay raise and proper salary structure. The LHWs protest was arranged on the call of Lady Health Workers Association (LHWA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Most of the protesting women were carrying suckling children and chanting slogans for acceptance of their
CHITRAL: The Kalash festival of Pul was celebrated in Birir valley, which marked the beginning of harvesting season of grapes and walnuts in the valley and the return of cattle from the high pastures to the villages by the herdsmen to which they had ascended in May. The festival is peculiar to the Birir valley
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SKARDU: At least 16 people were killed after a bus was crushed by landsliding on Skardu Road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Rondu Subdivisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mohammad Hassan said. Rondu Assistant Commissioner Miraj Alam said 18 people were travelling in the bus coming from Rawalpindi, two of whom were dropped off at their stations. The bus was
